Shoe-rubbing device.



. C. D. WATKINS.

SHOE RUBBING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED IBBJI, 1914.

1,127,1 31 Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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CHARLES D. WATKINS, G35 NET/V YURK, N. Y.

SHOE-BUBBING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1911.5,

Application filed February 11, 1914. Serial No. 818,124.

To (22210710772 it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES D. WATKINS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at 2066 Fifth avenue, city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Rubbing Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in shoe rubbing devices and has for its primary object to provide a device of this character which will be of extremely simple and cheap construction as well as highly eflicient in use.

Another object is to provide a device of this character comprising a collapsible cloth holding member which will be of such construction that a cloth may be readily secured therein and will be held in such manner that the device may be used without danger of the hands coming in contact with the cloth.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will be composed of the minimum number of parts and which will be constructed in such manner that the cloth may be held rigid during use of the device, but may be readily removed and replaced bv a new cloth, when desired.

A still further object is to construct the device in such manner that the cloth may be readily tightened during use of the device, by pressing upon the interlocked handles over which the hand is engaged.

$till another object of my invention is to provide a device which may be readily folded in compact form after removal of the cloth.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the complete device in use; Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail view, showing the manner in which one end frame and handle are secured upon the main or central frame; Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the hooks for fastening together the corner of one of the end frames; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the device in folded position.

Referring more specifically to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 designates the main or central frame member of rectangular form and which may be constructed of wire or any other suitable material, and has an outwardly directed loop 2 formed at each corner.

Engaged through the corner loops 2 at one end of the device are the inner extremi ties of the side members 3 of the rectangular end frame 4, said inner extremities of the side members 3 being connected by the inner end member 5 of said frame 4, said inner end member 5 being spaced outwardly of the adjacent end of the main or central frame 1. The outer extremity of one of the side members 3 terminates in an outwardly directed hook 6 for engagement by the hook 7 formed on the free extremity of the outer end member 8 which has its opposite end rigidly connected with the outer extremity of the remaining side member 8.

A continuous shoe rubbing cloth member 9 is engaged over the outer end member 8 and over a corresponding outer end member 10 of a second end frame 11, said outer end member 10 being formed with and extended at right angles to one of the side members 12 of said second end frame while the hook 13 formed on the free extremity of said end member 10 is engaged in the outwardly directed hook 14 formed on the free extremity of the remaining side member 12 of said second end frame.

The inner extremities of the side members 12 of the second end frame are engaged through the corner loops 2 at the second end of the main or central frame 1 and then extended to form the tl-shaped handle 15 adapted for engagement over the main orcentral frame 1 to swing the second end frame outwardly, the purpose of which will presentl appear.

The first mentioned end frame 4 is adapted to be swung outwardly by the separate handle 16 adapted for engagement through the handle 15 and having its opposite ends 17 looped through the corner loops 2 upon which said first mentioned end frame is mounted, said ends 17 being then extended, as shown at 18, and engaged against the inner end member 5 to force the first mentioned end frame outwardly when the handle 16 is pressed downwardly toward the main or central frame 1. It will therefore be seen that when the handles 15 and 16 are pressed toward the main or central frame 1, the outer end members 8 and 10 will be forced outwardly, thereby tightening the continuous cloth member 9 between said end members 8 and 10. It will be understood that the continuous cloth member 9 may be readily removed or placed in position by disengaging the hook extremities of the outer end members 8 and 10 from the hooks 6 and 11, respectively.

From the foregoing, it will be clearlv ap parent that, owing to the construction of the first end frame and the fact that the handle 16 is formed in a separate piece from said first mentioned end frame 4, the latter may be readily folded back against the main or central frame 1 and handle 16 upon disengagement of the continuous cloth member 9 from one or both of the outer end frame members, if desired. (Ewing to the construction of the second end frame 11 and handle 15 therefor, and the manner in which said frame and handle are .mounted upon the main or central frame 1, it is impossible to fold both the second end frame 11 and handle 15 bact: upon the main or central frame 1'. The second end frame 11 and handle 15 for the same may be formed, however, to correspond in construction to the first end place the complete device in compact form.

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rom the above, itwill be evident that I have provided a shoe rubbing device which will be of extremely simple and cheap construction, as well as simple in operation, and highly efficient in use, the continuous cloth member 9 serving to draw the outer end members 8 and 10 of the end frames 4 and 11 toward one another to retain the hooks 7 and 13 formed on said outer end members 8 and 10 in the hooks 6 and 14, during use of the device.

While I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing any of the advantages of the same.

What 1 claim is:

1. A. device of the class described comprising a main frame, end frames hingedly connected to the opposite ends of said main frame, a shoe engaging member mounted upon said end frames, and means for forc ing the end frames outwardly to tighten the shoe engaging member.

2. A device of the class described comprising a main wire frame, wire end frames hingedly connected to the opposite ends of the main frame, an endless flexible shoe engaging member mounted upon the outer end portions of the end frames, and means for forcing the end frames outwardly to tighten the shoe engaging member.

3. A device of the class described comprising a main frame, end frames hingedly connected at their inner ends to the opposite ends of said main frame, a shoe engaging member mounted upon the outer ends of said end frames, and handles connected to the inner ends of said end frames for forcing the outer ends of said end frames outwardly to tighten the shoe engaging memher, said handles being disposed in a parallel plane with said main frame when the outer ends of said end frames are extended.

4:. A device of the class described com-- prising a collapsible cloth holding member including a main frame, end frames pivoted upon the main frame and adapted to be folded against the latter, said end frames being adapted to support a cloth upon their outer ends, and means for forcing outwardly the outer endsof said end frames.

5. A device of the class described comprising a main wire frame, wire end frames hingedly connected to the opposite ends of said main frame, the outer end portions of each end frame being rigidly connected at one end-with one side portion thereof and being detachably connected at its other end with the other side portion, an endless flexible shoe engaging member mounted on the outer end portions of the end frames, and means for forcing the end frames outwardly to tighten the shoe engaging member.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afhx my signature in the resence of two witnesses.

CHARLES D. WVATKINS.

Witnesses J. F. MILLER, J. E. PIRKLE, J r.

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